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Parent-Child Sex Communication Prompts, Approaches, Reactions, and Functions According to Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Sons

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  • Dalmacio D. Flores

    (Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA)

  • Madelyne Z. Greene

    (School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA)

  • Tamara Taggart

    (Department of Prevention and Community Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 208034, USA)

Abstract

Minimal research on parent-child sex communication between parents and gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ) adolescent sons prevents the formulation of interventions that would buffer or brake this youth population’s risks for HIV/STI. We sought to describe the perspectives of GBQ adolescent males on this process and the potential ways they think parents can address their sons’ informational needs, including countering youth access of sexually explicit media. We conducted 30 semi-structured interviews with GBQ male youth aged 15–20 years. Thematic and content analysis revealed four central themes: prompts and triggers, parents’ approaches, sons’ reactions, and the functions assigned to sex communication. Parents can be sources of reliable sexual health information and may be leveraged for future HIV/STI risk reduction work.

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  • Dalmacio D. Flores & Madelyne Z. Greene & Tamara Taggart, 2021. "Parent-Child Sex Communication Prompts, Approaches, Reactions, and Functions According to Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Sons," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(1), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2021:i:1:p:74-:d:708452
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    HIV; STI; YMSM; sexual health; prevention;
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